A happy Martin O'Neill was in jovial mood on Thursday (23rd June) as the Republic of Ireland manager reflected on his team's 1-0 win over Italy at Euro 2016 and revealed he's told assistant manager Roy Keane to shave his beard.

SOUNDBITE (English) Martin O'Neill, Republic of Ireland manager:

(On what he and assistant manager Roy Keane said to each other after the final whistle)

"I told him to shave his beard because it was ruffling my chin and I don't' want him to hug me again ever."

Q: What did he say to you?

"He said 'you are an ugly sod' to which I agreed whole heartedly. I then retorted that he wasn't Paul Newman either."